DJ Qualls

Acting

DJ Qualls

Born
(age 48)
Birthplace
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Credits
69 titles

Biography

DJ Qualls is an American actor best known for his roles in the films Road Trip, The New Guy, and Hustle & Flow. He has also made appearances on the TV series Supernatural, Lost, Scrubs, and The Big Bang Theory, and he was cast in a regular role as Citizen Z on the Syfy series Z Nation. He overcame a diagnosis of Hodgkin\'s lymphoma, a type of cancer, at age fourteen. In January 2020, Qualls came out as gay on his Twitter account, stating he was \"tired of worrying about what it would do to my career,\" after announcing it at a Jim Jefferies show in San Diego. Prior to this, he had referenced his sexuality on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson in the early 2010s. He got engaged to his Supernatural costar Ty Olsson in May 2024.

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 68

YearTitleRole
2026 The King of Black Goo Film Lou
2026 1780 Film Samuel
2026 The Napa Boys Film The Sommelier
2024 Carved Film Bill
2024 The Open Door Film Framton Nuttel
2023 Bookie TV Alan (3 ep)
2022 Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities TV Jenkins Brown (1 ep)
2022 Turning Point Film Casper
2020 Buzz Off Film Freddie
2019 Creepshow TV Clark Wilson (1 ep)
2018 Bigger Film Michael Steere
2017 The Jim Jefferies Show TV Crisis Actor (1 ep)
2017 Buster's Mal Heart Film Brown (The Last Free Man)
2016 Time Traveling Bong TV Future Man (2 ep)
2016 Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry TV Self - Guest (1 ep)
2015 November Rule Film Kareem
2015 The Man in the High Castle TV Ed McCarthy (30 ep)
2014 Celebrity Name Game TV Self (2 ep)
2014 Z Nation TV Citizen Z (56 ep)
2014 Fargo TV Golem (2 ep)
2013 Pawn Shop Chronicles Film JJ
2013 Legit TV Billy Nugent (26 ep)
2012 Vanilla Ice Archive Film Self (archive footage)
2012 Perception TV Agent Rudy Fleckner (5 ep)
2012 Small Apartments Film Artie
2011 Amigo Film Zeke
2011 Running Mates Film Graham 'One-Ball' Jones
2010 Conan TV Self, Self - Guest (1 ep)
2010 Hawaii Five-0 TV Marshall Demps (1 ep)
2010 Memphis Beat TV Police Officer Davey Sutton (20 ep)
2009 Circle of Eight Film Randall
2009 Last Day of Summer Film Joe
2009 Road Trip: Beer Pong Film Kyle
2009 All About Steve Film Howard
2008 Familiar Strangers Film Kenny Worthington
2008 The Company Man Film Guy
2008 Breaking Bad TV Getz (1 ep)
2008 Good Behavior Film Donnie Stryker
2007 The Big Bang Theory TV Toby Loobenfeld (1 ep)
2007 I'm Reed Fish Film Andrew
2007 Delta Farce Film Everett
2005 Criminal Minds TV Richard Slessman (1 ep)
2005 My Name Is Earl TV Ray-Ray (3 ep)
2005 Supernatural TV Garth Fitzgerald, Garth Fitzgerald (4 ep)
2005 Hustle & Flow Film Shelby
2005 Little Athens Film Cory
2005 American Dad! TV Martin / Fast-talking Kid (voice) (1 ep)
2005 Numb3rs TV Anthony Braxton (1 ep)
2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson TV Self (1 ep)
2004 Britney Spears: Greatest Hits - My Prerogative Film Self
2004 Lost TV Johnny (1 ep)
2003 The Core Film Theodore Donald 'Rat' Finch
2003 Punk'd TV Self (1 ep)
2002 Comic Book Villains Film Archie
2002 Monk TV Rufus the Computer Geek (1 ep)
2002 The New Guy Film Dizzy Harrison / Gil Harris
2002 Lone Star State of Mind Film Junior
2002 Big Trouble Film Andrew
2001 Chasing Holden Film Neil Lawrence
2001 Scrubs TV Josh (1 ep)

Crew credits 3

YearTitleJob
2026 the death Film Director of Photography
2026 The King of Black Goo Film Executive Producer
2009 Last Day of Summer Film Executive Producer
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